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It was when Nick heard through the grapevine about Serena that the thought
slid slyly between the chinks in his knightly armour. Not that a mortal operation would
suffice: he was sufficiently au fait with surgery to know its limitations, even if
his long association with Natalie hadn’t rubbed yet more medicine into his knowledge
base. However, there was always the possibility of a transplant. His vampire blood
would bring the organ over, at least until they both changed back.
He bypassed Natalie (who would certainly object, for so many reasons), and
approached Feliks Twist, more about funding the necessary research than anything else.
Advice and counsel he was not looking for, though he certainly found them. Also,
Feliks had a few questions....
Nick pointed out recent developments in cloning. Provided the gamete had
an X-chromosome, it could be spliced into an “empty” egg, and then fertilized with one
of his own sperm.
“But don’t tell LaCroix,” Nick added hastily, suspecting from the
expression on Feliks’s face that he would head straight for the Raven.
“Never mind him,” said Feliks. “What about the fans? I know that
a lot of them have hoped for years that you’d find a cure, but....” If a vampire could
blench, then Feliks paled yet further. “Oh, the Knighties will love this!”
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This story was written as a thank-you to “brightknightie” for organizing
FK Fic Fest. It was
written to her prompt, “Nick & Feliks Twist (plus any other characters your story needs): A cure for
vampirism seems to be available, but there’s an impassable moral obstacle.”
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